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LEAGUE OF NATIONS.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER S
London, Dec.
LATE MR. WILDIN.
Largely Attended Funeral.
The funeral of the late Chief! Preventive Officer John Charles Willin, who died suddenly, on the Canton Steamship what! inst
A highly interesting survey of the work of the League of Nations Thursday, took place at Happy daring its first eleven months of existence was given by Mr. Ballour in Valley on Friday afternoon, the,
|larga" and representative gathering
be House of Commons
In the course of dealing Erst with its labours from the standpoins amply_testlying to the popularity
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organisation, he referred to the division of the League's expenditure of the diseased after. The Pulice "GOLD MEDAL" GOLF CLUBS
between the members which, he said, had led to a great deal of trouble. Furce and the Harbour Office, withi The present system was admittedly notoriously unfair. The chief victims which deceased had been so elovaly happened to be members of the British Empire who were liable to forty connected, the Array and the Mary, per çent, of the League's expenditure, and the Dominions' statesmen very to whom Mr Wildin was well
known $4 the Manager of the properly had spent a good deal of time discussing it
Referring to the International Court of Justice, he recallathatitwas Boxing Association, as well as converted from a compnisery to an optional body in so far as it affected the river steamers were well re station's obligation to go before it. Britain and all the Dominions had presented.
The body left the mortuary subscribed to the arrangement. He did not doubt it would be universally approved and when half the nations bad done this the Court would come at pm. the cortege being at Various places into existence. I had been decided to defer proposals to amend the increased
Among these present provisions of the League until it had existed for a year. It was a fact it en route,
Eun. Mr A. G. M. was admittedly imperfect and must be changed alter mature comideration. were the
Commander C. W. He mentioned China's replacement of Greece as one of the four Fletcher. non permanent members on the Council, which was the most important Beckwith, ... (Harbour Master body of the League. It met monthly or bi-monthly and conducted very and Superintendent of the Importa and Experts. Mr P. P. J. Wode- much of the League's business.
Turning to economic work. Mr. Ballour described the scheme house, Captain Superintendant of Flake. ought out at Amsterdam by the bankers for commercial credits which) Police, Lieut. Conway the League has adopted, whereby the present formidable difficulty in the ... Captain Anderson (5.3. Yuet way of international exchange of goods was somewhat mitigated The Ying Wabi, Captain Gibson (sa, scheme world allow countries requiring essential imports to have their Hadamı, Messrs B.J. Wilton, J. Mc national assets valued by the League with the object of enabling the Cann, G. X. X. Thuson, W. Logan, former to raise mortgage bonds thereon for payment of goods. It would Chief Detective Inspector Murison. be optional for an exporting country to accept these bonds Mr. Balfour Chiet Inspector Kerr, the Chinese thought it extremely probable that the scheme would prove useful. SirRevenue Officers and Portuguese Robert Horne had authorised him to say that the Government wa ex-Iolice Reservists. The prin seriously considering whether such a scheine might be supplemented by feipal mourners Inspectors a form of insurance rendering the currency and utility of the bouls more Vaggill. Appleton, and Aris, sub
Inspectors Davies and Culliford, Principal Gaol Warder Dealing with the Leazue's political work. Hereferred to disarmament and on which he spoke disappointedly. He admitted that the Leaque huljJ. Wiltshire, all of whom came Fiera able to do very little. Nobody who remembered that there were out from England at the same time' nations of immense potential military importance outside the League with the deceased to join the would doubt that more' would not have been done. He hoped the modest ti wemment service.
The proces | strp taken would be carried further at the next Assembly. The questionising drew up at the Protestant of trade in arms was also in an unsatisfactory position notwithstanding | Cemetery where the coin wai that the important Pourers bad sigurd the convention, which was, how lifted to the shoulders of Ketepue
rer, not rat:fed.
J0divers Wand, Watt, Grimmett, Discussing Mandatos, Mr. Kalloor described the machisery provided Knight, Lannigan, and Sergeant for we-ing that Manslated were properly carried øst, which be thought was "Sky" Kerrison, of the Naval Yard fair and workable. fl» traversed some of the ground covered by Lord Police, and taken to the grave. Robert Cecil in the interview publishedi yesterday,
The burial ceremony was performed
erinia
Mr. Balfour admitted that he did not know the present situation as regards Armenn, as ohsenlity hung over recent events.
Wile
by the Rev. H. Copley Mogia.
The decal tributes sent included A certain amount of success had already been attained in the those from the deceased's sister, direction of fighting typhus and abso success was limited by lack of Xanes, Brother Herenus Ofcens,
money.
"As regards repatriation of prisoners. 190,000 cub
Chinese Revenu Ocers, Es. of 20,000 had gizens' and Shipbuilders' lo. actually been sent bene.
Istitute, Urcle, Auntie and Elsa, He concluded by subruining dut the catalogus represented a very f-portsmen of the Fleet, the Boxing creditable output and declared, amid cheers, that he was more than ever Assignation, ́ Naval" Yanl · Police, convinced that we can never affbad to, drop the experiment, and it |Sergeants" Mess Victoria Bar- sensard absolutely incredible to him that "civilsation world ever content rack», Messrs Wilkinson and Grist, to retrace the greatest step hitherto taken ond cheets
Committee of the Hongkeng Dog
Haren Hayashi states he is very satisfied with the result of the and Poultry Show, Hayal Märines Assembly of the Leaque at Vieneva. There were abundant signs that in Old Comrades' Association. Society the fullness of time the stupeud is ingelinery of peace would function of St. Vincent de Paul, Captain, smoothly. No nation raure earnestly desired peace and the opportunity[Omeers and ship's company of five legitimate ecum the expansion than Japan Her policy had alway~| ¡L.M. S. Ambrose, Water Police Sta El heen directed towards man taizing Brendly relations with China and the fan, the Miatic Petroleum Co.. United States, while the alliance with Britain was a source of antisimetion | WingOn & Co., So, ↑ Police Station, to the whole Japanese nation. Japan "a hingies were fixed on the peaceful Government Audit Department, the economic and social evolution of the Ear Eastrin peoples. Japan had not Lalchokok Prieno staff, the stad of intention of setting. He pace in the unaments rati Hier naval prothe Harbour Ofce, Sub-1ospectors gramme was a fuvasure of defence natural to ah Island Empire. Japan and Sergeants of the Central Police was always pleased to pán ang (senschoes beyween the nations of the Station, Yaumati Police Station. League on heatgament and obviously sub a dismission would depend on $1. John's Lodge, No. 819, S.C. the inclusion of all great nations in th› League
SITUATION IN IRELAND.
Chinese start of the Imports and Exports.. No. 2 Police Station, Sacitary Inspecties of Central D.net, Vietoris Baul scaff Hongkong Telegraph, Messrs futtonjee and Son, lion. Mr J. H. emp. Hon. Mr A. G. M. Flet her. Mr. Hanenek. Me G. N. Tawa, Mr D J. Mackenzie. Mr. T. M. Whyte. Captain Swanand, The editor of "Freeman's Journal" has been sentenced by court Larby. Ches. J. M. Alves, M. jasp-ctor Unedon, Me T. Me. martial to twelve months imprisonment and the paper fined three Jack thousand pounds for publishing unfounded statements regarding alleged Boggings at Dublin barracka.
London, Dec. 30. The Dublin Castle review of conditions in Ireland states that the week ended 20th Dec. was marked by an increase in the number of organised armed attacks
on Crown forces. Seven police and two soldiers were killed, and six police and ten soldiers wounded. Over eight hundred persons are interned in Dundrum Bay Camp.
COAL CRISIS OVER.
Mr J Bass, Mr G. Fitz.tribbon. Chier laspeche and Mrs Ker. Mit Ef Burj, Captain Jenkins, Inspector Churcher, Mr Fred Leafesty Me and Mrs P.-P. Ha Silva, Mr and Mrs W. P. Hedley. Mr W. Loxas, Under the new coal agreement between Germany and the Allies,apector and Mrs Cargill, Mr J.D. laspester Meurs, Mr J. Figuerido, which was practically concluded by the Reparations Commission, Gerd, Mr Sulla Singh, Mr and many provides the minimum of two million tona monthly without the A. 31. Thorsbill, sergeant E. compensation provided by the Spa Agreement. France's share of this erros.
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hos. Mr S. P. Leigh, lospector Coal experts opine that the coal shortage crisis in Europe has and Mr Appleton, Mr C. E. defnitely passed, owing partly to increasing production in Germany, Mattnek. Mr H. 3. Lammert. Mr France and Britain, but also to the industrial depression which has 1., E. Latamers, Mr T. H. King. permitted the majority of European countries to lay up large stocks. Mr F. Chu, Mr អ Mis FANCY HANDKERCHIEFS,
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Osberry, Mr and Mrs .1. G. Pile. Me and Mrs T. Hynes Mr C. T. Thomson. Mr North. Revenue Inspector and Mrs Griza.
A "Times" message from Milan says: It has now leaked out that mett. Mr G. E. Mexon, Mr S. Burleigh, Mr and Mrs Melvar, D'Annunzio's plan, just before the Italian Government's declaration r .. Stabb, Mr J. Scott Har- of a blockade, was to abandon Fiume to her fate, land with all histon, 1: P. Buras. Mr and Afre forces in Dalmatia and incite the population to attack the Jugo-Slav Hast, Mr D. W. Tratman, Sub- troops, and thus create such a grave incident as would destroy the Inspector and Mrs Culliford, Treaty of Rapallo. Two steamers loaded with his legionaries had fr and Irs Fincher and family, steam up fa Fiume harbour, and a carefully prepared insurrection in Mr W. Knight. Lt. Conway Croatia was timed to break out at the same time. In view of all this Hake, * 3., Kevenue Office: the Italian Government hastened its ultimatum.
Marks, Mr A. H. Crew, Mr C, D'Annunzio's army, which is numerically insignificant, is opposed D. Melbourne. Mr Eldon Potter, to 22,000 Italian regulars, and if the blockade is really effective MG. E. Watt, Revenue Officer D'Annunzio should not be able to hold out-long.
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of the late master of the steamship Fausang, which was suspended Ellis, Mesers. Winyard & Caff, Mx, for a year by the Marine Court of Hongkong in Juns in connection Cehsung Ming Kai, Measra To & To, Knight, Comm. C. W. Beckwith, Sub-Inspector Murphy, Mr and Mrs wtih the stranding of the vessel.
(Continued on page 4.)
Inspector Boulgar, Mr C. Crispin,... Inspector and Mrs Grant, Roylance, Captain and Mrs Franke; Mr. H. W. Hamsey, Mr. Frank Revenue Offer W. Ward, Chief Mr. and Mrs Dixon, and Me Lammert, M and Virs Detectiva Inspector Marisco, and and Mrs Rutonjee and family.